# Incident 20250721008919I: Piper PA-28-181, Westminister, MD, July 21, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2025, 19:00 local time
- Place: Westminister, MD
- Airport: Carroll County Regional/Jack B Poa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7WIS
- Location: 39.6083° N, 77.0077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARROLL COUNTY RGNL/JACK B POAGE FLD (DMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6083&lon=-77.0077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8948C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8948C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,120 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250721008919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON MONDAY JULY 21ST, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 EST,  A PIPER PA-28-181 WAS LEVEL IN CRUISE FLIGHT CLOSE TO KDMW. THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND FELT A JOLT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT NOTICED A DROP IN RPM. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ANNOUNCED A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16 AT KDMW. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND PERFORMING A POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT THE SPINNER HAD DETACHED DURING FLIGHT. THE PILOT THEN NOTIFIED THE 141 SCHOOL MANAGER OF THE EVENTS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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